State roster

Top names in Kansas

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Kansas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,907 Kansas births in 1936 across 616 distinct names.

Distinctively Kansas

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Kansas more than they say America.

#74Eldonoutside the national top 200
#78Lorenoutside the national top 200
#54Dixie#174 nationally
#67Patty#183 nationally
#90Darreloutside the national top 200
#80Lola#187 nationally
#95Merleoutside the national top 200
#98Rexoutside the national top 200
#67Delbert#163 nationally
#38Darrell#133 nationally
#51Connie#134 nationally
#71Pat#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary711US #1
#2Shirley631US #2
#3Barbara404US #3
#4Betty356US #4
#5Patricia317US #5
#6Carol277US #10
#7Donna264US #22
#8Marilyn258US #13
#9Beverly220US #17
#10Phyllis192US #25
#11Joyce191US #12
#12Nancy189US #8
#13Dorothy184US #6
#14Norma177US #29
#15Virginia151US #14
#16Carolyn148US #23
#17Margaret147US #9
#18Helen146US #11
#19Janice132US #31
#20Doris118US #15
#21Ruth117US #16
#22Darlene113US #83
#23Joan111US #7
#24Lois111US #26
#25Sharon105US #60
#26Peggy104US #35
#27Marjorie102US #49
#28Martha100US #24
#29Wanda92US #56
#30Janet89US #21
#31Elizabeth88US #18
#32Sandra86US #38
#33Delores81US #58
#34Evelyn81US #34
#35Jo80US #72
#36Bonnie76US #65
#37Kay76US #98
#38Alice73US #27
#39Dolores73US #30
#40Judith73US #43
#41Frances72US #19
#42Joann70US #55
#43Marlene68US #39
#44Rose67US #37
#45Jean65US #20
#46Patsy65US #52
#47Wilma64US #78
#48Juanita63US #75
#49Roberta63US #64
#50Mildred61US #40
#51Connie60US #134
#52Anna59US #36
#53Ann58US #28
#54Dixie57US #174
#55Sylvia56US #53
#56Geraldine54US #41
#57Charlotte53US #61
#58Loretta52US #70
#59Gloria51US #32
#60Rita48US #69
#61Jane47US #42
#62Karen47US #132
#63Kathryn45US #113
#64Thelma45US #74
#65Yvonne45US #81
#66Clara44US #91
#67Patty44US #183
#68Vera44US #142
#69Esther43US #107
#70Georgia42US #128
#71Pat42US #152
#72Eleanor41US #47
#73Maxine41US #127
#74Anita40US #104
#75Elaine40US #50
#76Glenda40US #150
#77Joanne40US #48
#78Kathleen40US #67
#79Charlene39US #145
#80Lola39US #187
#81Ruby39US #51
#82Arlene38US #54
#83Carole37US #73
#84Judy37US #118
#85Louise37US #46
#86Sally37US #59
#87Gladys36US #84
#88Katherine36US #100
#89Edna35US #71
#90Ethel34US #90
#91Florence34US #80
#92Sue34US #109
#93Grace32US #86
#94Myrna32US #149
#95Pauline32US #82
#96Jacqueline31US #66
#97Linda31US #97
#98Marie31US #33
#99Elsie30US #123
#100Eva30US #116

Boys

#1Robert728US #1
#2John548US #3
#3Donald544US #7
#4James515US #2
#5Richard451US #5
#6Charles418US #6
#7William373US #4
#8Larry298US #25
#9Ronald278US #12
#10Kenneth270US #14
#11Gary264US #38
#12Jerry245US #18
#13Gerald200US #19
#14David198US #10
#15Jack192US #20
#16George164US #9
#17Harold162US #21
#18Don140US #51
#19Thomas138US #8
#20Paul135US #15
#21Raymond127US #17
#22Dale115US #59
#23Edward105US #13
#24Norman105US #43
#25Billy102US #22
#26Melvin100US #53
#27Carl98US #27
#28Marvin98US #49
#29Bill97US #61
#30Lawrence96US #37
#31Wayne95US #45
#32Jim93US #85
#33Ralph86US #31
#34Roger84US #35
#35Joe78US #23
#36Bobby77US #24
#37Eugene76US #29
#38Darrell75US #133
#39Frank75US #16
#40Leroy74US #57
#41Jimmy73US #46
#42Joseph73US #11
#43Walter70US #26
#44Bob67US #77
#45Vernon67US #93
#46Dennis66US #74
#47Duane66US #110
#48Earl65US #47
#49Francis65US #50
#50Gene65US #66
#51Howard65US #40
#52Fred63US #36
#53Keith63US #122
#54Arthur62US #30
#55Clarence62US #52
#56Dean61US #125
#57Glenn60US #80
#58Max58US #129
#59Henry57US #28
#60Lloyd57US #88
#61Harry56US #39
#62Jackie55US #106
#63Roy52US #42
#64Jimmie51US #71
#65Ray49US #65
#66Leonard48US #54
#67Delbert47US #163
#68Stanley47US #58
#69Floyd46US #86
#70Alfred45US #60
#71Glen45US #119
#72Phillip45US #102
#73Virgil45US #149
#74Eldon44
#75Terry44US #126
#76Albert43US #34
#77Edwin43US #84
#78Loren43
#79Bernard42US #68
#80Warren41US #95
#81Marion39US #148
#82Michael39US #33
#83Allen38US #81
#84Franklin38US #64
#85Louis38US #44
#86Clifford37US #90
#87Daniel36US #41
#88Lyle36US #159
#89Tom36US #112
#90Darrel35
#91Russell35US #69
#92Johnny34US #72
#93Lee34US #76
#94Ernest33US #55
#95Merle33
#96Philip33US #63
#97Herbert32US #62
#98Rex32
#99Tommy32US #91
#100Dick31US #141

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑34Henry#59
↑31Dennis#46
↑24Sylvia#55
↑24Eleanor#72
↑22Kay#37
↑22Karen#62
↑21Georgia#70
↑20Clara#66

Falling

↓29Ruby#81
↓28Kathleen#78
↓25Ernest#94
↓22Louise#85
↓21Arlene#82
↓20Bob#44
↓19Wilma#47
↓19Loren#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.